NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to deposit in its account the compensation given by Italy for the kin of two Indian fishermen killed by Italian Marines off the Kerala coast in February 2012.
A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said the top court will disburse the compensation to the kin of the fishermen killed.
It said that after one week of deposit of compensation amount in its account, the top court will hear Centre's plea for closure of the case against the Italian Marines.
The apex court listed the application for closure of criminal trial against Italian Marines on April 19.